GLOBAL NEWS UPDATE

Tensions in the Middle East reached a critical peak on Wednesday as Iran announced targeted strikes on 10 merchant vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, following a strike by United...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched attacks on four cities in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, injuring at least 73 people and setting oil facilities ablaze in what appeared to mark...

Iran has warned that it will deliver a “painful response” if subjected to further attacks, as mounting US efforts to restrict its oil exports and crack down on sanctions evasion...

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to temporarily suspend strikes on each other's capitals as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv in an effort to...

The United States military said it carried out strikes on three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday after American naval vessels came under what it described as repeated missile attacks in...

Tensions between the United States and Iran have surged dramatically, with both sides exchanging their heaviest attacks since July and raising fresh fears that the conflict could spiral into a...

Rescue teams in Nepal have reached more isolated communities and damaged hydropower facilities as the country battles the aftermath of devastating floods that have killed at least 939 people. Nearly...

The latest escalation marks the first direct exchange of fire between the United States and Iran in more than a month and has raised fresh concerns over the security of...

Iran has rejected a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export hub, had been destroyed, calling the post “laughable” and saying operations at...

Rescue teams in Nepal and China are intensifying efforts to locate thousands of people still missing after a glacier collapse triggered a devastating torrent of ice, rock, mud and debris...